How To Have An Office Romance

After all, many of us spend the majority of our days in the
office; when people are working together in such close quarters,
it's not surprising that initial attraction is often followed by
a relationship.

In fact, a
post from Forbes cites a recent CareerBuilder survey, in
which 40% of workers reported having dated someone they
worked with.

Forbes spoke with employment attorney Kathleen McKenna to find
out the right way to have an office romance.

Date someone outside of your department. That
way, if the relationship fizzles, you won't have to deal with
seeing them every day or working directly with them.

Write up a contract beforehand making it clear
that the relationship is consensual and that there's no sexual
harassment involved (especially if you ignored the previous
piece of advice and crossed into manager-subordinate
territory.)